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Re: Pacers @ Bulls 10/18/2013

still know that we've got a couple of fundamental flaws like poor ball handling and mediocre passing skills, no different than last season though.

Yeah those are still evident and the passing especially won't change. We are built like that and the ball movement will be slow bar when Lance is on the floor or if West keeps making some clever passes as the one he did to Roy tonight. As long as we win, it won't matter.

Re: Pacers @ Bulls 10/18/2013

Now that I'm calmed down, this was an away game in an environment that was pretty raucous for the entire second half and every time Rose attempted a shot in the first half. We lost this game because we didn't make the free throws we earned, and we were in the game to the end despite playing pretty badly for basically the entire second half. I think this is truly the first loss of the season for our players, even though it doesn't count. You can't try that hard to win and then be unfazed because you lost. It's not human nature.

But because it doesn't count in the standings, only good can come of it. I hope this lights a fire under our guys.

Re: Pacers @ Bulls 10/18/2013

If the game is being called like it was tonight (not complaining, I thought Rose got hit on most of those calls) and Rose is able to penetrate and get to the line on every possession in the last five minutes, the Pacers cannot beat the Bulls in the playoffs.

On the flip side, if the Bulls entire end-of-game offense is to have Rose drive in the lane, then I don't see how they can beat Miami. LeBron will just shut him down like he did three years ago before the devastating knee injury.

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Re: Pacers @ Bulls 10/18/2013

Fans from both sides need to calm down. It is still the preseason. Pacers are the better team still IMO. We will be fine when we are playing to win the game and not playing to see what is working and what is not working.

Re: Pacers @ Bulls 10/18/2013

There was also a nice couple minute stretch where they kept calling Hibbert "Mahinmi" and OJ "the guard."

Yeah, I heard "Mahinmi gets the block" and I thought "That was Roy-esque. Ian's really improving." On the next play, Hibbert did something good on O and I thought Hibs and Mahinmi were out there together. Took me a second to realize what was up.

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Re: Pacers @ Bulls 10/18/2013

This isn't preseason. This is a real game and the Bulls are beating us with Joakim Noah sitting on the bench. I think our guys need to rethink where they are on the pecking list in the East. They are now officially looking up to Chicago and Miami...and possibly Brooklyn.

This is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. Guess we shouldn't watch the team this year, it's hopeless.

We need to bow down to the big markets and know our place.

The Bulls beat the Nets in the playoffs last year without Rose and Deng- they can compete without a full roster. We have known this for awhile.